China for the West: Chinese Porcelain and Other Decorative Arts for Export Illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection Tapa dura - 1978

London and: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth, 2 volume set, with slipcase.

Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications by Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, London, 1978 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (two hardcover volumes in buckram bound with dust jackets in splicase); 25.6 x 35 cm; 5.243 Kg; 704 pages with 103 colour plates and 100 monochrome illustrations; Used books wih signs of wear, namely on the dust jacket that show minor tears. Interior in very good condition.; This century has brought a growing awareness of the vast scale of Chinese export of decorative arts from the seventeenth century onwards. Until very recently however this subject had been very little studied, overshadowed as it was by the ever-widening perspectives of China's ancient past. It was nevertheless through this trade, and especially its ceramic wares, that the unique artistic creativity of the Chinese first became widely known and appreciated. This book aims to provide the most detailed and penetrating analysis yet made of the porcelains produced for Western markets during… Leer más

London and New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1978. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 13.8x10.0x2.5in. in slipcase; dust jackets lightly worn at extremities, small chip at top edge of back panel of volume II, very good slipcase. Dust jacket in clear protector. The catalogue of the Mottahedeh collection, the largest privately held collection of Chinese export porcelain. With 103 color plates and 700 monochrome illustrations. 704pp 11.69lb 13.8x10.0x2.5in EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES NECESSARY

London and New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1978. 1st. Hardcover. New/New. 13.8x10.0x2.5in. in slipcase; bottom of slipcase has shelf wear. The catalogue of the Mottahedeh collection, the largest privately held collection of Chinese export porcelain. With 103 color plates and 700 monochrome illustrations. 704pp 11.69lb 13.8x10.0x2.5in EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES NECESSARY